Miriam Barr
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Miriam Barr is a New Zealand
page and performance poet
.
She is one of the original members of The Literatti, an Auckland
-based performance poetry
group started in 2006. Barr became creative director for the group in 2007.
Her poetry has appeared in Landfall
, Black Mail Press, Tongue in Your Ear, JAAM, De-Formed Paper, Enamel
, Live Lines, Debate
, The Wild Goose Poetry Review & Magazine.
She has published two volumes of poetry, Tangents, 2006 (now out of print
) and Observations from the Poetry Factory, 2007. Both of these books were released with CDs of Barr's poetry set to music
.
In 2007 Barr created the free, independent poetry zine
, Side Stream, which she continues to edit and fund-raise for.
Barr has been one of the coordinators of Poetry Live
since 2006. Poetry Live has been a gathering point for the Auckland poetry community since the late 1970s.
Barr was the winner of the 2007 Auckland Writers and Readers Festival Poetry Idol slam. She has performed widely, including at AK07, the 2007 Ubud Readers and Writers Festival, the Dunedin Fringe Festival, the Parihaka International Peace Festival, Montana Poetry Day, the Parnell Festival of Roses, the Auckland Fringe Festival and the Whangarei Midwinter Arts Festival. She has also collaborated with many visiting international poets, including acclaimed American slam poet Nikki Patin.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
page and performance poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
.
She is one of the original members of The Literatti, an Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
-based performance poetry
Performance poetry
Performance poetry is poetry that is specifically composed for or during a performance before an audience. During the 1980s, the term came into popular usage to describe poetry written or composed for performance rather than print distribution.-History:...
group started in 2006. Barr became creative director for the group in 2007.
Her poetry has appeared in Landfall
Landfall (journal)
Landfall is New Zealand's oldest extant literary journal. First published in 1947 by Caxton Press, under the editorship of Charles Brasch, it features new fiction and poetry, biographical and critical essays, cultural commentary, and reviews of books, art, film, drama and dance.Additionally, the...
, Black Mail Press, Tongue in Your Ear, JAAM, De-Formed Paper, Enamel
Enamel
Enamel may refer to:* Tooth enamel, the hard mineralized surface of teeth* Vitreous enamel, a smooth, durable coating made of melted and fused glass powder-See also:* Enamel organ, a cellular aggregation that functions in the formation of tooth enamel...
, Live Lines, Debate
Debate
Debate or debating is a method of interactive and representational argument. Debate is a broader form of argument than logical argument, which only examines consistency from axiom, and factual argument, which only examines what is or isn't the case or rhetoric which is a technique of persuasion...
, The Wild Goose Poetry Review & Magazine.
She has published two volumes of poetry, Tangents, 2006 (now out of print
Out of print
Out of print refers to an item, typically a book , but can include any print or visual media or sound recording, that is in the state of no longer being published....
) and Observations from the Poetry Factory, 2007. Both of these books were released with CDs of Barr's poetry set to music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
.
In 2007 Barr created the free, independent poetry zine
Zine
A zine is most commonly a small circulation publication of original or appropriated texts and images. More broadly, the term encompasses any self-published work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier....
, Side Stream, which she continues to edit and fund-raise for.
Barr has been one of the coordinators of Poetry Live
Poetry Live
Poetry Live, also known as Poetry Live! for GCSE, is a series of annual events in venues across the UK where poets perform their poetry to English school children....
since 2006. Poetry Live has been a gathering point for the Auckland poetry community since the late 1970s.
Barr was the winner of the 2007 Auckland Writers and Readers Festival Poetry Idol slam. She has performed widely, including at AK07, the 2007 Ubud Readers and Writers Festival, the Dunedin Fringe Festival, the Parihaka International Peace Festival, Montana Poetry Day, the Parnell Festival of Roses, the Auckland Fringe Festival and the Whangarei Midwinter Arts Festival. She has also collaborated with many visiting international poets, including acclaimed American slam poet Nikki Patin.
External links
- http://www.womensbookshop.co.nz/index.php?option=results&search_by=isbn&search_text=0473125277&Fnew_search=1&pagestyle=single
- http://groups.msn.com/poetrylivefourbytwopublishing
- http://www.myspace.com/sidestreampoetry
- http://www.theliteratti.co.nz
- http://www.myspace.com/literartistmiriambarr
- http://www.poetrylive.co.nz